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Japan and the US Ana Paula Martínez

ANA PAULA MARTINEZ BARRANCO Historia Universal Contemporánea Tercero Englisch 8 Karten

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1USAOne of the main Western powers increasingly interested in extending its interests in Japan.
2Securing trading relationsAttempts in 1837 and 1846 where beaten off by Japanese ships despite the US sending off warships.
3Gun-boat diplomacyJuly 1853, Commodore Perry arrived with 4 warships to repeat US requests for various commercial agreements and promising to return the following year to receive Japan's response.
4Tokugawa ShogunateAgreed to the Treaty of Kanagawa in March 1854.
5Treaty of KanagawaOpened up two of Japan's ports to US trade and granted the US the position of most-favored-nation.
6Turning point in Japan's historyDue to the Treaty of Kanagawa, Japan's policy of seclusion was finally ended after 200 years; these lead to the rapid emergents of Japan as an important regional and international power.
7Treaty of Amity and CommerceSigned in 1854, where Japan's government granted extra-territorial rights to the citizens of the US. This was one of the unequal treaties that led to nationalist resentment. Japan was gradually pressured into signing similar treaties with Britain, France and Russia.
8Imperial CourtDominated by nationalists who favored continuing seclusion and advocated repelling the barbarians. They opposed to the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, nevertheless they failed.